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JUNE 1�8, 2022
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Celebrate Hog Wild Days June 3-5 in Island City
By Trish Yerges
For Go! Magazine
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SLAND CITY — The Island City
Lions club welcomes everyone
to join the fun and street fair at
Hog Wild Days held June 3-5
along C Street in Island City.
“We’re so happy to be back
again hosting Hog Wild Days
after a two-year absence,” said
Kayla Hansen, club president.
“We’re trying to make this as
good as it possibly can be, and
we invite everyone to come and
have fun.”
It’s going to be a weekend of
food, music, craft sales, game
vendors and crowds meander-
ing around and enjoying the
sights, smells and sounds of
this annual festival.
Hansen said the event’s his-
tory days back 42 years ago
when the Urban Vine at 10701
W. First Street used to be a little
cafe and coff ee shop and the
Lions Club made a fi re pit there
and roasted a pig.
One might say that the com-
munity went hog wild over it.
www.facebook.com/IslandCityLions
Hog Wild Days returns with a full slate of activities June 3-5 in Island City.
The Observer, File
The piggy train returns for Hog Wild Days, June 3-5 in Island City.
As a result, Hog Wild Days has
grown into the street fair festival
it is today, attended by thou-
sands of people.
To kick things off , everyone is
invited to the Lions’ traditional
BBQ pork dinner Friday from
5:30-8 p.m. at the pavilion at
Island City Park.
“Hines Meat Company will be
preparing and serving the barbe-
cued meat,” Hansen said. “There
will be a beer garden set up, and
the music group Sage and Stone
will be playing originals and cov-
ers from 5:30-7:30 p.m.”
Picnic table seating is limited,
so feel free to bring your own
lawn chairs to the park to enjoy
your BBQ meal.
The downtown street fair
along C Street is open Saturday
from 8 a.m. to dusk and Sunday
from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. On Saturday,
the La Grande Rural Fire Dis-
trict will be hosting a pancake
breakfast from 6-11 a.m. The
cost for the pancake breakfast
is $6 for adults and $4 for kids.
The volunteer fi refi ghters will be
serving pancakes, scrambled
eggs, sausage, orange juice, cof-
fee and milk at the fi re station in
Island City.
Throughout the weekend,
people can buy food from
vendors making such delights
as fried foods, shaved ice, kettle
corn, a variety of lemonade
drinks and scones. There are
over 75 vendors signed up, and
if you wish to be among them,
you can sign up until June 3.
For more information, call Kayla
Hansen at 541-786-7210 to pay
the $50 booth space.
Saturday’s entertainment
lineup is another fun feature.
From 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Satur-
day, a kids’ fi ddle club will play,
followed by the parade at 11 a.m.
The music on Saturday con-
tinues from 1-3 p.m. with Sage
and Stone, followed by guitarist
Jeremy Shankle from 4-5 p.m.
After an hour break the Blue
Plate Special, a blues band, will
perform from 6-8 p.m.
Kid activities will be held
Saturday at the school, including
the piggy train and, from noon-
6 p.m., Victory Farms is host-
ing 5-minute pony rides for $5
per child.
“We’re hoping that a big
crowd turns out,” Hansen said,
“and that everyone has some-
thing to enjoy!”
First Friday at Crossroads
Field Work
The utilitarian-turned-surreal sculpture work of Kelly Cox and Eric Mullis
meets the vibrant, hand-dyed landscape fiber artwork of Lisa Flowers Ross
for a spectacular, visual journey.
2020 Auburn Avenue
Baker City, Oregon
541.523.5369
www.crossroads-arts.org
Exhibition on display Friday, June 3 through Saturday, June 25
Crossroads is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 5:00pm